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Homewood’s Crab Bagz Restaurant offers dine-in seafood made with a variety of flavors, whether you start with the mild or go right to the very spicy. Crab Bagz, 18681 Dixie Highway, starts each sauce with a garlic butter base that is spiced to customers’ liking in various flavors, starting with[Read More…]
Five storytellers are on the bill for the Sept. 19 Homewood Stories event. Doors open around 6:30 p.m. giving guests time to find a seat for the 7:30 p.m. show at the Community House of Flossmoor Community Church, 847 Hutchinson in Flossmoor. Guests are welcome to bring their own dinner,[Read More…]
Hailey Bowes didn’t get to run in the Hidden Gem last year. A stress fracture forced the Arlington Heights native to skip the race and prepare a little more cautiously this year. It made a positive difference. “I wanted to come back and redeem myself,” she said. “I cross trained[Read More…]
The Comprehensive Cancer Institute at Franciscan Health Olympia Fields invites south and southwest suburban cancer survivors to save the dates for these upcoming free events. Genetics and Cancer: What Families Need to Know Join licensed and certified genetic counselor Malavika Praseed McGrail at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4, for a[Read More…]
When local pioneer James Hart filed a plat in 1852 of what eventually would become downtown Homewood, he called it Hartford. The name didn’t stick. Now, 170 years later, Homewood’s newest downtown building bears the name he hoped would apply to the village. The residential portion of The Hartford, a[Read More…]
H-F HOMECOMING GAME — The game versus Waubonsie Valley will be Friday, Sept. 8, at H-F Stadium. Tickets for the 7 p.m. game are available here. HIDDEN GEM/FLOSSMOOR FEST — Flossmoor’s Hidden Gem Half Marathon gears up for its 4th edition on Saturday morning. Time to run or to cheer on runners. After the race, stay[Read More…]
The turnout for an information session on tax assessments on Aug. 19 at Homewood village hall had Village Manager Napoleon Haney scrambling to find more chairs. One of the presenters, Thornton Township Assessor Cassandra Elston estimated as many as 70 people arrived to ask questions and learn more about the process of[Read More…]
The 67th annual Park Forest Art Fair, one of the outstanding art shows in the South Suburbs, will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 16 and 17, on the Village Green in downtown Park Forest. The event is sponsored by Tall Grass Arts Association[Read More…]
Sept. 15 is Democracy Day, and I thought it would be appropriate to celebrate it by highlighting several recent moments when local democracy worked rather well. By democracy, I don’t mean governance solely by elected leaders. When we vote, we delegate authority to our representatives, but that doesn’t relieve us[Read More…]
HOMEWOOD APPEARANCE COMMISSION — There will be two requests on the agenda when the commission meets at tonight at 6 p.m. in village hall, 2020 Chestnut Road. Find the agenda here. CRUMBL COOKIES GRAND OPENING. The opening celebration will be from 8 a.m. to midnight Friday, Sept. 8, and Saturday, Sept. 9, at the new[Read More…]
